Kelo
| Monday 9th November 2009 08:26pm 1 |
Rich
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| Monday 9th November 2009 08:52pm 2 |
Master of Her Domain
136 Posts
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I saw that on the news website, and didn't put two and two
together. Hmmm... I'll have to check that out. OUTRAGEOUS!!!!
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| Monday 9th November 2009 09:18pm 3 |
Rich
122 Posts
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Yup state/city grabbed the property, everyone moved, area
leveled, and now where there was once a neigborhood there is
nothing. Terrible.
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| Monday 8th March 2010 06:30pm 4 |
Rich
122 Posts
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| Monday 8th March 2010 07:20pm 5 |
Sherri Sherpy, The MN Mortgage Mom
16 Posts
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"governments can seize property to increase potential tax
revenues..."
This is just so wrong!
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| Monday 8th March 2010 08:59pm 6 |
JP
27 Posts
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As someone who used to work on eminent domain cases and wrote
about the "public use" doctrine quite a bit, it's never as simple
as it first appears. Public use has been in place for millenia
(everything used to be owned by the crown, right) and used by
municipalities to improve their commercial base; largest example
would be Manhattan. Eminent domain cases are not the easiest
cases to win and they are extremely complicated. Remember folks,
right to property is not inviolate; Fifth Amendment states:"nor
shall private property be taken for public use, without just
compensation." Just compensation = fair market value. Don't like
it, amend the Constitution!
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| Monday 8th March 2010 10:34pm 7 |
NJShoreMortgage
9 Posts
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We had an issue locally where a developer was granted rights to
build on several blocks near the beachfront in Long Branch. This
wasn't a blighted area...just a working class neighborhood. The
home owners organized, hired an attorney and eventually won the
case reversing the order.
When cities are blighted the eminent domain can be the only
realistic way to save the area...but when a blue collar
neighborhood is going to be bulldozed and the developer is the one
who stands to profit most (as was this case) the outcome can be
favorable if the owners take a stand.
I have to wonder though... if the builder-developer wouldn't still
be persuing this through the courts if the real estate market were
still going strong.
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| Saturday 1st May 2010 09:14pm 8 |
Oak
36 Posts
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You surfing in New Jersey Doug, awesome Dude!
If the Govy thinks it's taking any thing from me... they got
another thing coming ..it reminds me of the commies or something.
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